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  • 17, February 2019
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Case study on CPF Retirement Sum Topping-Up Scheme resource optimisation

20, September 2015 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

One of the most time consuming task I have to do for comprehensive financial planning is often related to the allocation of limited resources.  Under comprehensive financial planning, there are a number of conflicting needs namely retirement planning,  children’s education and property purchases.  For example, if one would to overcommit to a large property, it may jeopardise one’s retirement as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Case studies, CPF Are You Ready?, CPF Matters, Featured

Analysis of Singapore Saving Bonds

12, May 2015 by Wilfred Ling 8 Comments

Singapore Saving Bonds

Singapore Saving Bonds’ details were released by MAS yesterday.  By now, everybody would have read about the details of the Singapore Saving Bonds. Important details to take note of are: Capital guaranteed by the government. Only individuals can apply. Companies are not allowed to purchase. Application to purchase is similar to that of buying an IPO – you need a CDP account and either … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Investments

30 years old woman lost husband; to support 4 children

13, October 2014 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

There was a case in which a lorry driver Jason Lim Wei Kwan drowned when the lorry he was in slid off a barge and sank into the sea off Pasir Panjang Terminal (“Husband's drowning: Mother of four sues firms for $400k”, Straits Times, 6 October 2014). The surviving widow Ms. Samai Chatthahan, 30 and a mother of 4 children decided to sue the parties involved for $400,000. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Insurance, Tragic Stories

Refused kidney dialysis because got no money

11, March 2014 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

I read from the newspaper in horror that Singapore has the fifth highest kidney failure rate in the world. What is even worse is that there are some kidney patients who refused treatment because they cannot afford to do so. The article published on 24 February 2014 by Straits Times entitled “Some kidney patients refuse treatment and choose to die” stated that Khoo Teck Puat Hospital had 24 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Insurance, Tragic Stories

A case of changing style and impressive unit trust factsheet performance

19, September 2013 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

My client told me that he like a particular fund because it has impressive returns. A check with the fund's factsheet showed an impressive performance. But I found something different as compared to other factsheets. Usually a factsheet only show a few years of performance in its graph. But for this one, it showed the performance since 1994. I decided to investigate. From 1994 to 2013, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Case studies, CPF Are You Ready?, Investments

Volatility of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) is higher than stocks

22, August 2013 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

In my experience, many retirees like to invests in REITs. Some of the reasons many retirees invests in REITs are: They tell me that REITs are safer because underlying is backed by properties. REITs are safer because of rental income which is easy to understand. Even if the REITs' prices drop, it is ok because the investor still get an income and as long as they don't sell it, the capital … [Read more...]

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How to create your own dividends paying portfolio

16, July 2013 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

Today I want to discuss briefly about the quest for income generating investments. Many investors have the desire to invest in income generating instruments such as dividend paying stocks. Here is a particular fund which pays a dividend of 0.4 cents per unit almost every month. If one had bought the fund at the initial price of $1, the dividend yield is approximately 4.8%. The following chart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Featured, Investments

Very Large Government Subsidy for Special Needs Trust Company

9, July 2013 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

It was announced on 14 June 2013 that Ministry of Social and Family Development have begun subsidizing the cost of setting up a trust with Special Needs Trust Company (SNTC). This is very good news especially for caregivers who cannot afford setting up trust with private trust companies. The following is a summary of the subsidy: The following are some tips to parents who have children with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Estate Planning

Should you pay off your loan even if you have extra cash?

6, September 2012 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

If you have extra cash, should you pay off your loan? The standard answer is ‘no’ if the extra cash can earn a higher return then your cost of interest of your debt. Wilfred’s answer is that it depends. First, the debt (such as mortgage loan) is a ‘risk-free’ liability. In financial jargon, the word ‘risk-free’ refers to low volatility. When you borrow money from a bank, the debt level does not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Credit Management, Investments

Dividend Stocks worth Checking Out?

6, March 2012 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

The Sunday Times recently published two articles on the above topic. The articles were well written and balanced but one of the heading did not reflect the points made by the article. A person who simply glanced through the newspaper’s heading may think the articles were advocating investing in dividend stocks. In my field of work, I’ve come across numerous investors who invested based on … [Read more...]

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